Translations for „earth“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

I . earth [ɜːrθ, Brit ɜːθ] N no pl

1. earth (planet):

earth

a Terra

on earth

no mundo

what/who on earth ...? inf

o que/quem diabo ...?

2. earth (dirt):

earth

terra f

3. earth ELEC:

earth

fio m terra

II . earth [ɜːrθ, Brit ɜːθ] VB trans

earth

fazer ligação terra

down-to-earth ADJ

down-to-earth explanation

realista

down-to-earth person

com os pés no chão

Usage examples with earth

planet Earth

planeta Terra

on earth

no mundo

what/who on earth ...? inf

o que/quem diabo ...?

crust of the Earth GEO

crosta f terrestre

industrialised countries are using the earth's resources

os países industrializados estão gastando os recursos da Terra

what on earth are you doing (there)?

que diabos você está fazendo (aí)?

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In this structure, rare-earth atoms enter the Mg site.

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In order to generate an effective supply of energy, plans called for an earth dam, increasing the storage capacity of the lake.

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It had been deposited by ancient rivers that then eroded deep into the earth.

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How on earth can anyone want to marry her off to some humdrum clod?

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I looked sideways and saw the earth spinning by, and from that point on, most of the ride was pretty much of a blur.

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Some contended an absolute minimum temperature occurred within earth (as one of the four so-called elements), others within water, others air, and some more recently within nitre.

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X-rays of unexamined lumps of earth suggest that there are more to be revealed.

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Let your will say: the overman "shall be" the meaning of the earth!

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Thirdly there is a low titanium basalt-andesite with extreme light rare earth element depletion that produced the layered pyroxenite-peridotite and associated gabbro cumulate.

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And these colors showed up in this earth just the way a wrinkle shows up in the face of a man or woman...

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